Chairman IFA Farm Family & Social Affairs Committee

Executive Secretary IFA Farm Family & Social Affairs Committee

About the IFA Farm Family & Social Affairs Committee

The Committee provides a voice to farm families on social issues within the Association, as well as at National and European levels to ensure that policies are developed to help farm families. The Committee strives to keep farm families notified of changes in procedures or policies, as well as dealing with individual cases that affect them and their community. Some of the issues that the Committee are currently working on are:

Pensions – Securing entitlements for farm women so they qualify for pensions in their own right and updating farm families on changes to the pension system.

Fair Deal Scheme – Lobbying for a cap on the maximum charge that can be applied to non-residential, productive assets.